Energy-related issues are vital to our planet, and will remain so for years to come. Future engineers: it is your skills that will allow us to meet these major challenges...
Created by EDF and placed under the aegis of the Institute of France, the European foundation for tomorrow's energies is here to guide and support you and to promote the development of higher education both in France and abroad.
Our mission is to develop your talents for tomorrow!
Created in 2009 at Ecole des Mines in Nantes, this chair brings together the Foundation and the main stakeholders in the nuclear waste sector, namely ANDRA (the French agency for radioactive waste management), EDF and AREVA.Photo credits:©EDF MEDIATHEQUE
The construction of new energy works in France and abroad (nuclear power plants, wind turbine farms, dams, etc.) and the maintenance of existing works require highly trained civil engineers. These engineers will be trained in both project management and sub-contracting and will be able to adapt to international working environments.Photo credits:©EDF MEDIATHEQUE
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This new course, created in September 2009, is a part of the strong revival of nuclear energy internationally. In France, nuclear industrialists' demand for new engineers and managers is equivalent to approximately 1,000 people each year, for at least the next 10 years! Photo credits:©EDF MEDIATHEQUE / DIDIER MARC
Nuclear and Renewable Energies, in partnership with the Ecole Polytechnique (http://www.polytechnique.fr/). Created in 2008 in partnership with EDF, the European foundation for tomorrow's energies and the Fondation de l'Ecole Polytechnique, the Sustainable Energies Chair is particularly active within the context of the 3rd year teaching programme at the Ecole Polytechnique, focusing on the "Energies of the 20th Century".Photo credits:©EDF MEDIATHEQUE
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Launched in 2003, this Chair is driven by an interdisciplinary spirit in which the economic and social sciences cooperate with the biological and physical sciences. Its purpose is to help respond to the major challenges of the coming years by improving knowledge and teaching within the field of sustainable development.
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Visit of the Civaux power plant simulator.
Civil Engineer for the EDF Group
Hydraulic Engineer for the EDF Group
Scientific Advisor of the Chairman and CEO of EDF, member of the french Academy of technologies
On 17 February 2010, 24 students from the Masters in nuclear energy, sponsored by EDF, visited the Flamanville nuclear power plant. They visited the control room and machine room of a reactor in operation and were given a presentation on the issues involved in operating a nuclear power plant. They then visited the EPR construction site to see the new reactor being built and see the state of progress of the various buildings of the new plant. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit, which gave the students an insight into the practical application of their Masters programme.Photo credits:©EDF